Flavor Flav: Difference between revisions

'''William Jonathan Drayton Jr.''' (born March 16, 1959),<ref name="Anken">{{cite web|last = Ankeny|first = Jason|url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p76462/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title = Flavor Flav: Biography|work = [[Allmusic]]|access-date = March 5, 2008}}</ref> known by his stage name '''Flavor Flav''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|l|eɪ|v|ər|_|ˌ|f|l|eɪ|v}}, {{respell|FLAY|vər|_|FLAYV}}), is an American rapper and [[hype man]]. Known for his yells of "''Yeah, boyeeeeee!''" when performing,<ref name="TMB082208">{{cite web |last=Rowland |first=Marijke |date=August 22, 2008 |title=Flavor Flav's Modesto block party |url=http://www.modbee.com/local/v-print/story/401836.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204122142/http://www.modbee.com/local/v-print/story/401836.html |archive-date=February 4, 2009 |access-date=January 13, 2009 |publisher=The Modesto Bee |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="TG061806">{{cite news |last=Davis |first=Johnny |date=June 18, 2006 |title=Hip-hop, you don't stop |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jun/18/urban |access-date=January 13, 2009}}</ref> he is a founding member, alongside [[Chuck D]], of [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]], a rap group whichthat has earned six [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nominations,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flavor Flav |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/flavor-flav/2549 |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=GRAMMY.com}}</ref> and has been inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Public Enemy {{!}} Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/public-enemy |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=www.rockhall.com}}</ref>